The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-01-08
saturday, January 8, 1ss7.
Wife it 1887.
Plenty of it-ice.

Fox hunting is now the pastime e,
of our sporismcn.
The ice now being stored away is
about six inches thick.
w y. Woodrow has placed fine
clock in the Bank for the convenience OF
its patrons.
Every young man should read GER
tain number of books of history and trl-
vel each winter.
Mr.. Howard c. Potts, Of Philadel-
phia, ana wife, passed the holidays with
Mr.. A. j. Fisher of Elkton avenue
Miss Maggie Barr Of Wilmington,
V no has been visiting Miss Mary Mother
an, returned home on Wednesday,
Miss Katie Porter, formerly of this
town, but now of Minneapolis, MINI, is
the guest of of Miss Clara Springer.
air. and Mrs. Theo. F. Armstrong
began moving into their splendid new
mansion at the West End this week.
NThe Story about panther roaming
around these parts will undoubtedly
have the good effect ofkeeping children
in the house after sundQwn.
Mr.. James Wilson, the good natured
proprietor Of the Washington House, has
erected new ice house, oflarger capacity
than the one discarded.
-Cieorgc Simmons of this town who
has been studying medicine for some
time left town ON Monday for Cincinnati,
Ohio, by the Baltimore x Ohio II. II.
EMrs +. A. Watson and daughter,
/who were visiting friends in Wilmington
and Philadelphia, during the holidays
returned home Saturday evening last.
The Slight fall ofsnow on Wednes-
day night brought out the cutters. The
snow was hardly heavy enough to be
good for sleighing. Several trotters were
out, and racing was INDUCED in.
Mr. VIM. DuIlamel who is so well
known in Newark and who is now at the
Episcopal Divinity School in West Phil
adelphia was in town on Thursday pay
ing his respects to all his friends here.
The correspondent from Appleton
and the one from Fair View forgot to en-
close their names, as a security of good
faith, not that we wanted to print them.
Please write again and send name along.
Mr. Jordan Wilson and family of
Wilmington spent New Years day in
this town with Mr.. Edward Wilson. 1t
is the custom of Mr. Wilson to eat New
Years dinner with his father and mother.
Mrs. Prettyman has opened the
second quarter of her Art School in Cas-
key Building, Students may enter at any
time. Lessons given Tuesday and Friday
afternoons Visitors admitted at p. III.
on those days.
The alleged attempt to burn down
the College which has created much
interest in town is now supposed TO have
been done for the purpose of frightening
the students and not as stated with any
incendiary intention. The affair will he
Investigated.
Il The ice house on White Clay Creek
owned by Joseph Dean and used for the
storage Of ice for supply Of the town has
been enlarged and will be filled this win
ter by George Pcmberton, who will serve
it in town next summer at a nominal
Apripp nor pnuuI
IA revival meeting has been going on
in the Methodist church of this town
during the past week Five persons have
presented themselves for prayer and
three have made profession of CONVEX
sion. Much interest was manifested in
the service last night.
Dr. G. F. English, dentist, whose
card appears in this issue, comes here
highly recommended. lie makes spe-
cialty of preserving natural teeth, as well
as filling them. Dr. English is very pleas
ant ofmanner, and beinga young man,
we ask for him Il liberal patronage.
There lisa noticeable decrease in our
population since the calamity on Christ
mas day and it is estimated that fully
60 out of the 27j hands employed during
its full operation have found work in
Bound Brook, n. j., Philadelphia, Will
mington and New Castle.
Our "Tweedville Wrinkles" letter
was in poetcal form, but the writing was
so dim that we were unable to read it.
Please try again "Tyro" and use pen and
ink. 1t will secure place in our col
umns. If we can filf'up the letter it
shall appear on the outside ofnext weeks
issue. ease
Two ladies from this town visited
Wilmington, and while viewing the
sights, passing along one Of the streets
saw Il rich-looking cheese They con-
cludcd to bring some of it home with
them, but upon closer scrutiny they dis
covered that it was butter. The pro-
prietor hal hearty laugh, and also did
the ladies.
B. 4 o. is rapidly acquiring Il mon
opoly in the western traffic from this
town. During its comparatively short
operation of three months it has carried
from Newark six through Chicago, two
st. Louis, and three Cincinnati passengers
besides good number to Washington,
ID. G., and other Southern and Western
points.
The reason that horses tcannot trot
as fast MS their owners think they should
is because they do not have them shod
properly. Men should reflect moment,
and then have their horses taken to the